Questions tagged [facebook-chat]
22 questions
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Pidgin and Facebook two-factor authentication
Since I enabled two-factor authentication on Facebook:
Login Approvals
When an unrecognized computer or device tries to access my account:
Require me to enter a security code sent to my phone
pidgin-facebookchat (the Facebook Chat plugin for…
Jader Dias
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Is there a way to see my messages sent by other clients in Pidgin?
When I have multiple Facebook Chat or Google Hangouts official clients connected to the same account, all messages that I type in one client appear on the other.
But if one of this clients is Pidgin, pidgin won't display the messages typed in other…
Jader Dias
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Why does Facebook Chat through XMPP protocol on Pidgin Portable not authorize?
I heard you can use facebook chat on desktops now. Thats awsome! What i didn't hear is that it is a pain in the butt! Not awsome!
I've followed six nearly identical sets of instructions from six different websides, including the one that facebook…
Sara Neff
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How to disable Facebook chat permanentaly without losing XMPP capability
The Facebook chat can be used both on the website and with XMPP, for instance with Pidgin. I want to use only the latter option. Now when I visit facebook.com to look at my newsfeed, I am bothered with chat windows popping up and the message counter…
frankundfrei
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Receiving pictures directly in Pidgin over Facebook
I am using Pidgin for the Facebook chat. Every time someone sends a picture or a file in Facebook, I just receive an annoying link in Pidgin. Is there any plugin to display the picture in Pidgin or receive the picture as a file?
The links look like…
Tom Maier
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Can I get Pidgin to show idle Facebook mobile users?
Following Facebook's closure of their desktop IM application, I've reluctantly moved to using Pidgin.
However it reports all my friends who are idle on mobile devices as "offline" which isn't very useful and not entirely accurate.
For example, the…
Richard
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Facebook pulled its Messenger for Desktop link?
Did Facebook remove the link to download Messnger for Windows from their site? Their help pages point here https://www.facebook.com/about/messenger but this page only shows the mobile app for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry and nothing for the…
pratnala
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How to connect with Pidgin to Facebook-chat and Google Talk when XMPP port 5222 is blocked?
I have not been able to google this straightforwardly, so here it goes for others.
Many networks have firewalls that block all but the basic ports. I am on one of them but I still want to acces gtalk and facebook-chat via an desktop IM application,…
sup
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How to telnet into facebook chat
I was able to use facebook chat with an external application using the following information:
First, find your Facebook username by
going to
http://www.facebook.com/your_user/.
Next, Open iChat, then select iChat »
Preferences and click on…
tony_sid
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waiting for 6-edge-chat.facebook.com forever on Chrome
For about a couple of days now, I cannot browse facebook.com properly anymore on Chrome.
The main page is displayed, then it stalls while waiting for 6-edge-chat.facebook.com forever. It seems related to the chat. However, when I try with Firefox, I…
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Can't add Facebook account to messages in Windows 8
Every time I try to link my Facebook account so that I can use the Windows 8 messaging app, it shows me this:
It has now been over 24 hours, and Facebook has been working fine the whole time, so I'm not convinced it's an issue on their end.
houbysoft
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Facebook chat doesn't work in Windows Live Messenger 2011
I've just installed Windows Live Messenger and connected both my Live and Facebook accounts.
However, I'm unable to see my facebook contacts in the chat panel. When I choose the "Facebook" friends group, I get the message: "There are no contacts in…
user54676
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Blank favicon for redirecting bookmark on Google Chrome
I've bookmarked the Messenger website on chrome. When visiting this website, users are redirected to their most recent conversation. As a result, my bookmark's favicon is left blank. Is there a way to add a favicon without hard linking to a specific…
Joel Christophel
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Pidgin purple-facebook based account opens up many chatboxes automatically
I installed the pidgin purple-facebook plugin. Whenever I create an account using this plugin, after pidgin logs into the facebook account, automatically my last 50 or so facebook chats open up in the chat-boxes. This freezes pidgin up for a while.…
crysoberil
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Just a little confusion about Facebook Chat in Thunderbird
Facebook deprecated their XMPP Chat API for whatever evil business reasons they had. As their documentation and various blog posts or even StackExchange questions say, accessing Facebook Chat in that way became impossible. I found that out myself…
ytg
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